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...psychiatrist, Gail McVey. She and Hilary talked mostly about books--Hilary and Ginny read one or two a week--and about memories of her father. After four visits, McVey gave Hilary a Harry Potter journal in which to jot down her feelings and told Ginny, "You have a remarkable daughter. She talks all about her father ... She can keep seeing me if she likes, but she's doing so well, I'm not sure it's necessary...
...Hilary and Ginny rose early to give themselves plenty of travel time and embarked on their first mother-daughter trip. They found the place with no problem. The counselors announced they would be splitting up the widows and children for the day. (There were no widowers in this group.) As they went their separate ways, Ginny whispered to Hilary that at any time she could ask to be excused, and they would leave. The offer proved unnecessary; Hilary had her best day since Sept. 11. It was the first time she could really talk to kids...
...with 9/11 and met anyone else who lost their husband that day. There were 40 widows there, and some of them broke my heart. There was a lot of anger, a lot of unsifted emotion, but nothing I said there was wrong. I felt very safe." Both mother and daughter were thoroughly drained by the day, but the first thing Hilary said to Ginny was, "I can't wait for the next camp...
...letter from the medical examiner's office. George's toothbrush and dirty T shirt that she had submitted the previous fall did not have enough genetic material to make a match. The examiner needed additional DNA from a child or sibling. Ginny could not face taking her daughter to the Manhattan morgue where the parts of so many husbands and fathers were being stored in refrigerated trailers, so she opted to have the DNA kit sent to their home. It arrived on Valentine...
...animal hospital. After rounds of tests, the vet could not say what precisely was wrong, only that the problem looked terminal. On the theory that "if [Hilary] couldn't control her dad's death, here was one she could," Ginny left the decision making in her daughter's hands. A five-night vigil at the hospital ensued. Hilary sat for hours patiently brushing Timothy and offering him tiny morsels of cat food on her finger. Finally the vet told her that the animal was not getting any better. Hilary thought for an hour and said that Timothy should...